Resverlogix Exceeds Full Enrollment for the Pivotal Phase 3 BETonMACE Clinical Trial

CALGARY, Alberta, March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Resverlogix Corp. ("Resverlogix" or the "Company") (TSX:RVX) announced today that it has successfully surpassed the planned enrollment target of over 2,400 patients in the ongoing Phase 3 BETonMACE trial. The trial's first patient was enrolled on November 11^th, 2015. The goal of the trial is to confirm the effect of Resverlogix' lead drug, apabetalone, in Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and low high-density lipoproteins (HDL). The primary endpoint of the BETonMACE trial is designed to establish a relative risk reduction (RRR) of Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE), narrowly defined as a single composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. Secondary pre-specified endpoints in the trial will also examine renal function and MACE in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 3 as well as cognition, measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in all patients aged 70 and over.

"Achieving full enrollment early leaves two major clinical reflection points that will transpire in 2018.  The first will be attaining 75% percent of our targeted 250 MACE events, being 188 events in total, thus allowing us the ability to conduct a sample size re-estimation analysis assuring that the trial will be sufficiently powered to confirm relative risk reduction," stated Donald McCaffrey, President and Chief Executive Officer.  "The second major reflection point will be the most important, the Primary Endpoint read-out around the end of 2018. This read-out will prove pivotal in planning our FDA and EMA registration applications.  We are exploring the option of US enrollment in the BETonMACE trial as well as the option of relying on existing BETonMACE data to file a US New Drug Application (NDA). It is management's belief that the determining factor for all approvals will be based on the strength of the final BETonMACE data. We will wait until the data roll-out before updating any proposed drug registration timelines," added Mr. McCaffrey.

About Resverlogix

Resverlogix is developing apabetalone (RVX-208), a first-in-class, small molecule that is a selective BET (bromodomain and extra-terminal) inhibitor. BET bromodomain inhibition is an epigenetic mechanism that can regulate disease-causing genes. Apabetalone is the first and only chronic BET inhibitor selective for the second bromodomain (BD2) within the BET protein called BRD4. This selective inhibition of apabetalone on BD2 produces a specific set of biological effects with potentially important benefits for patients with high-risk cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes mellitus (DM), chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease treated with hemodialysis, neurodegenerative disease, Fabry disease, peripheral artery disease and other orphan diseases, while maintaining a well described safety profile. Apabetalone is currently being studied in a Phase 3 trial, BETonMACE, in high-risk CVD patients with type 2 DM and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and is expected to be initiated in a Phase 2a kidney dialysis trial designed to evaluate biomarker changes and safety parameters in up to 30 patients with end-stage renal disease treated with hemodialysis.

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For further information please contact:

Don McCaffrey
Email: don@resverlogix.com

Investor Relations
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